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FAA asks Super Bowl fans to leave the drones at home

Truly, the future is here.

The Aeryon SkyRanger flies through the air with a high-resolution video camera onboard. Drones like this are banned from the Super Bowl, according to the FAA.Photo: AP Photo/Detroit News, Dale G. Young

In what is sure to be the first of many signs we live in a terrifying cyber-dystopia, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has asked fans going to Sunday’s big game to leave their unmanned drones at home.

According to the FAA’s website, the Super Bowl is strictly a “No Drone Zone.”

The FAA has restrictions on drones flying over or near NFL games, MLB games, some NCAA events, and most NASCAR races. Anyone found violating those restrictions will be “intercepted detained and interviewed” by police, and face the possibility or jail time or a fine.

So, in case you were planning on bringing a drone to the big game, know the government has your number, and is hard at work making dry, boring videos to remind us that we live in a future with terrifying flying robots.